Mimi OConnor
Mimi O’Connor has written about New York City real estate for publications that include Brick Underground, Refinery29, and Thrillist. She is the recipient of two awards from the National Association of Real Estate Editors for interior design and service journalism. Her writing on New York City, parenting, events, and culture has also appeared in Parents, Red Tricycle, BizBash, and Time Out New York. She is the author of several books, including "The Dictionary of Corporate Bullshit" and "Reel Culture." She once lived in a NYC building in such rough shape that a Law & Order location scout rang her doorbell to inquire about using her apartment as a murderous psychopath’s headquarters.
Posts by Mimi OConnor:
If you like things big—big TVs, big beds, big dinner parties—this two-bedroom, two-bath co-op in Kensington might be for you. Offered at $695,000 with $985 a month maintenance, 599 E. 7th St. #1R provides plenty of room to spread out (1,300 square feet, to be exact).
New Yorkers are a strange and often contradictory breed. Case in point: they voluntarily live in, and even move to, one of the most densely populated, chaotic places on the planet, and then yearn for some peace and serenity. One way residents try to cope with all the noise—internal and external—is through meditation. Yes, there are places around town to "sit, as the practice is often referred to, typically in groups.
